Plow.



No. 655,!!5. Patented luly 3|, |900.

' R. H. PURNELL.

PLOW.

(Application Afiled Mar. 27, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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NITE STATES PATENT EEICE.

RICHARD HOPE PURNELL, OF ROSEDALE, MISSISSIPPI.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 'Letters Patent N o. 655,1 1 5, dated J' u1y'31, 1900.

Application tiled March 27, 1900.

Be it known that I, RICHARD HOPE PUE- NELL, of Rosedale, in the county of Bolivar and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Plows, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to plows, and has for its object such a device which will be very rigid with a comparatively few parts and of light and yet durable construction.

The invention consists in certain details of construction and arrangement of the plowbeam, standard, and other parts hereinafter fully described and claimed. y

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved plow. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the standard. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view illustrating the clevis end of the plow.

The beam A of my improved plow isformed of a suitable length of metal tubing bent downwardly slightly at its rear end and {iattened on its sides for the major portion of the length. The standard B is cast in one integral piece and has a thickened forward edge B', imparting rigidity and forming an attaching seat for the cultivating device C. At its upper edge the standard B is formed with a longitudinallyextending concave or semicircular socket B2, terminating at its rear in a socket-piece B3, formed with recessed sides, in which the handles D are fitted.

As shown in Fig. l, the tubular beam A is fitted in the upper concave edge B2 of the standard and its rear end is inserted through the socket-piece B3, the beam and the handle D being fastened at that point by a bolt d, passing entirely therethrough. A band-coupling Eis fitted around the beam and the front upper end of-the standard B to rigidly secure the parts. As the flattened part of the beam accurately fits the grooved or concave edge of the standard it will be kept from turning.

A clevis F is provided with a shank adapted to fit in the forward end of the beam A, being held in place by the brace-rod G, which has its rear end secured in the thickened front Serial No, 10,377. (No model.)

edge B of the standard and extends forwardly and upwardly to the clevis end of the beam, where it has an upwardly-bent end G', passed through the beam and the shank of the clevis F.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a device of the character described, a tubular metallic beam, a standard carrying cultivating devices and formed with a concave or semicircular upper edge in which said `beam fits, and a coupling-band surrounding piece, and a coupling-band securing the front upper end of the standard to the beam, as set forth.

3. Ina device of the character described,A

a standard having formed integral therewith a thickened forward edge, a concave upper edge, and a socket-piece at the rear end of the said edge and formed with recessed sides adapted to receive the handles, a tubular flattened beam fitted in said concave edge and inserted through the socket-piece, a coupling securing the beam to the forward upper end of the standard, a clevis having a shank inserted in the front end of the beam, and a brace-rod secured at its rear end in the thickened forward edge of the standard and having a bent forward end extending through the beam and the shank of the clevis,` as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

RICHARD HOPE PURNELL.

Witnesses:

W. A. SHELBY, JOHN L. GIEL.

standard and inserted through said socket- 

